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    Principal Substation Engineer - Glasgow, United Kingdom - ARCADIS Group

    ARCADIS Group
    ARCADIS Group Glasgow, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life.

    In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few.

    One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential.

    You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives.

    You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

    Join us as an Senior/Principal Substation Engineer and you'll have the opportunity to accelerate your career, too.

    You'll be part of our industry-leading team Transmissions and Distributions teams, acting as partners to our clients, building a deep understanding of their challenges and applying your expertise to solve them.

    As a Substation Design Engineer you will be working on engineering and construction projects primarily in industrial, transmission/distribution and renewable sectors.

    You must be able to appreciate complex, practical, regulatory, technical and commercial issues and to work constructively with a broad range of senior stakeholders.

    Reviewing in-house designs and those produced by external contractors.
    Experience in the concepts required in the safe design and operation of electrical networks, and development construction.
    Specialist in an Electrical field but experience and extensive knowledge of other Engineering fields would be advantageous.
    Ensure that design projects are undertaken by competent personnel and sub-contractors reviewing designs created by others.

    Challenging, proposing, agreeing and implementing alternative solutions compared with those dictated by the transmission specifications, policies, processes and "best practices".

    Accountable for the effective delivery of the assigned tasks and deliverables of projects to time, to the required quality and to budget.

    Undertake site visits / non-intrusive surveys as required as part of the design activities or as part of site support.

    Ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project.

    Client Interface management comprising:

    infrastructure planners, project resource, Direct Labour / Construction team, System Operator, property & consents, procurement as well as co-ordinating & attending necessary site meetings.

    Risk and CDM management.
    Proven ability of working with internal and external parties, e.g. equipment suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, professional bodies, and working within a strong team-working culture.
    Experience in the preparation of detailed electrical schematic diagrams for substation Protection and Control systems.
    Experience in preparing Single Line Diagram, Substation Layout, Key Line Drawings (SLD, KLD) and Cable protection
    A good working experience of computer-based packages e.g. Proven ability of communicating complex technical or commercial issues to peers or senior managers
    Proven experience in writing clear and concise documentation
    data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA.

    As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all.

    But it's not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet.

    As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

    To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

    Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

    We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.

    Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams:
    Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race.


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